Cluny Hill Hotel

Great views , very clean , fresh air and discrete staff

The garden needs some love

This place was an absolute genuine surprise! I was looking for a two night stay in budget accommodation while working in the area. I arrived and immediately began to think I was in the wrong place as this looks far from being budget. The hotel is Victorian era being built as a Hydropathic Hotel in 1863. It is a grand mansion like building in the Scottish Barony style and like many other Hydropathic Hotels of that era which are now amongst some of the finest hotels in the country, you could forgive my initial confusion. In fact this place laterally spent years as a college and only reopened this year as a budget hotel. The rooms are typically Victorian, high ceilings with period features while freshly painted and having budget furnishings. The room was clean and the bed comfortable. The place was quiet and strangely deserted. Imagine yourself as Jack Nicholson in The Shining at the Overlook Hotel and that is pretty accurate. However for me it was an enjoyable stay and an experience I won't forget. I'll happily stay again.

Only the lack of facilities let this place down.! There is no breakfast option but that's no big deal and although there is a commercial sized kitchen, there is no access to it like you might get in a hostel or other similar budget accommodation. If you want to eat in then bring food with you and you'll need to consume it in your room. There's a kettle, tea & coffee supplied in each room so a Pot Noodle is about the extent of achieving a hot meal. There is a decent size lounge but it's not really the place to sit and relax as it is devoid of furniture. This place even for budget accommodation could still be so much better but I think it's early days from reopening and I hope things will improve going forward.

Fabulous building, grounds and views. Massive lounges, bright airy place. It’s a largely decommissioned former retreat so gives a sense of spaciousness.

My family and I decided to book this hotel for 1 night after we attended an event close by. We read the reviews and knew what to expect. We booked 2 rooms for a family of 5 which where located next to each other. Clean bedding, towels, toiletries and coffee/tea facilities were provided in each room. The rooms were cheap and done the job. The 3 kids enjoyed themselves. We collected a chippy for dinner and ate in the hotel. Afterwards we walked around the building and grounds. The kids enjoyed the tree swings. Advice for others. Read the reviews. You get what you pay for. The building is old and quirky and the stay is what you make of it.

No tvs in the room. Wifi wasn’t provided. Obviously shared bathroom and showers but we expected that anyway for an old Victorian building.